Relación entre los hábitos alimenticios y parámetros antropométricos en estudiantes de la Unidad Educativa Emanuel durante el periodo de mayo a septiembre del 2023.

Abstract

In a health-conscious world, understanding how dietary choices impact youth body measurements becomes essential. The objective of the research was to determine the relationship between eating habits and anthropometric parameters in students of the Emanuel Educational Unit during the period from May to September 2023. It is a study with a descriptive quantitative approach, the same one that allowed describing the relationship of the variables of the study population, in which a sample of 220 students who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was surveyed, the test that was used to describe and analyze the data obtained was Pearson's Chi-square test. As a result, Analysis of the relationship between food groups and BMI ranges reveals significant patterns in dietary choices. It is observed that, for each food group, the behavior of the different BMI ranges varies in a statistically significant way (p value < 0.001), which indicates that there is a relationship between the choice of food groups and the different degrees of nutritional status. These results emphasize the importance of dietary choices in determining BMI and overall health, highlighting the need to encourage balanced dietary patterns to prevent nutritional imbalances and weight problems.